Take Informed Consent Before Authentication: Aadhaar Authority

UIDAI has urged Requesting Entities, which carry out online authentications, to ensure that residents understand the type of data being collected and the purpose of Aadhaar authentications, according to a release.

Entities are required to obtain residents' informed consent either on paper or electronically before carrying out Aadhaar authentications, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said in its new guidelines for Requesting Entities (REs).

UIDAI has urged Requesting Entities, which carry out online authentications, to ensure that residents understand the type of data being collected and the purpose of Aadhaar authentications, according to a release.

UIDAI, as part of these norms, has outlined that REs are required to obtain residents' informed consent before conducting Aadhaar authentication.

Further, it has pointed out that logs of authentication transactions including the consent taken, have to be kept only for the period as prescribed in the regulations.